Supermarket operator Progressive Enterprises has appealed a resource consent decision against its plan to build a supermarket in South Dunedin and the issue is now headed for the Environment Court.
Progressive had hoped to build a Countdown store on a 1.1ha site on a former car yard bordering Andersons Bay Rd, but the plan was rejected by a Dunedin City Council consent hearings committee in April.
The committee's decision acknowledged concerns the supermarket would overshadow the next-door gasworks museum, which it said was a heritage site of national, if not international, significance.
The positioning of the proposed supermarket did not give appropriate recognition to the heritage of the museum site, committee chairman Cr Richard Walls said at the time.
Cr Walls confirmed this week the company had appealed.
